07. Jesse Wente: Tough Lies

With his national bestseller Unreconciled, Anishinaabe author and broadcaster Jesse Wente cracked wide open the lies that Canada tells itself about reconciliation, offering a new path forward for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. In Tough Lies, he continues to face difficult questions about this country with unflinching honesty, turning his focus to his own healing path and how it informs what he sees as necessary for reconciliation between Nations. With his characteristic candidness, Wente will explore topics from the controversial issue of false claims to Indigenous identity, to the racism he has faced, to his re-discovery of the game of golf—and the role it’s played in his healing. Moderated by Kathryn Gretsinger.  

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